Germany did not participate in the pressure on Russia at the conference, but it did not stand in solidarity with Russia, after all, Russia is still an enemy of Germany in a sense. Because the main target of the Franco-Russian alliance was Germany.

However, after the end of this meeting, Germany also realized that the Eight-Nation Coalition Army had already existed in name only, and it was impossible for the multinational coalition to succeed in forming a multinational coalition army, and Germany's hope of recapturing Qingdao was completely disappointed, because Germany lacked a strong navy, so it was impossible for Germany to recapture Qingdao without forming a multinational coalition army.

In fact, there was no hope of retaking Qingdao, but on the contrary, Germany let go of the psychology of suffering from gains and losses, and could judge the current situation with a broader vision and find the most beneficial action for itself. Since Qingdao could not be recaptured, there would be no obstacle to cooperation with overseas Chinese, and it would be a great gain for Germany to be able to obtain a full set of drawings of the British Majesty-class battleships, the old man-class battleships, and the Cressy-class armored cruisers.

Moreover, overseas Chinese have also expressed their hope to carry out extensive cooperation with Germany, and the construction projects carried out by Germany in Qingdao can be completed in the form of cooperation between the two sides, and at the same time, Germany is welcome to invest in the occupied areas of overseas Chinese. If what the overseas Chinese say is true, then Germany can also minimize the loss of Qingdao, because not only can it recover the cost of the projects it has invested in, but it can also expand its business space in China with the help of the overseas Chinese.

Although Germany could not have the privileges of tenants, the vast market of China, and the open-minded attitude and professional behavior of the overseas Chinese, could well become a market for the absorption of a considerable part of Germany's growing industrial products in their areas of domination, which was one of the goals of seizing the colonies.

On the other hand, Russia is now under pressure from Britain, the United States, France, Japan, and other countries, and although it has completely destroyed the entire Eight-Nation Alliance, it is also good news for Germany.

Although the Russian-French alliance was mainly aimed at Germany, Germany treated Russia and France separately. France is Germany's old enemy, and it is impossible for the two countries to reconcile in terms of history, national psychology, and geopolitics. Therefore, Germany's strategy towards France was to suppress France with all its might, and not to consider improving German-French relations. Russia is different, Germany and Russia have no historical grievances, and there are no too fierce geopolitical contradictions, on the contrary, in the confrontation with Napoleon, the two sides also cooperated, of course, there was no German Empire at that time, and it was Prussia that represented Germany.

After the reunification of Germany, Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister, in order to isolate and attack France, planned an alliance between the German Empire, the Russian Empire, and the Austrian Empire in 1873. It is known as the "Three Emperors Alliance" in history. By 1887, the alliance was dissolved due to the intensification of tensions between Russia and Austria in the Balkans. Russia and France then quickly drew closer, and in 1892 the Russo-French alliance was signed.

However, Germany has always maintained relatively good relations with Russia. Therefore, Germany's attitude towards Russia was to destroy the Russian-French alliance and strive to restore the alliance of the Three Emperors. After Kaiser Wilhelm II succeeded to the throne, he regarded the destruction of the Russian-French alliance and the restoration of the alliance of the Three Emperors as an important step to break Germany's diplomatic isolation. Now Britain, the United States, France, Japan and other countries are putting pressure on Russia, giving Germany hope for the restoration of the Three Emperors Alliance.

After figuring out these relations, Wilhelm II was naturally very happy, so he immediately sent a telegram to Qingdao, saying that he would send a special envoy to Qingdao to hold talks with overseas Chinese. At the same time, we should pay close attention to the situation in the Far East and find a suitable opportunity to fan the flames in it, preferably instigating Russia to fight a war in the Far East, so that Germany will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After dealing with these things, Wilhelm II returned to his harem and thought quietly, only to find that all this was achieved after Germany lost Qingdao, so that Germany was destined not to get Qingdao?

All these things that happened in Shanghai were basically known by the travelers who listened to the telegrams of various countries between Tianjin and Shanghai, and in addition to the great change in the attitude of the German government, it was not difficult to judge that the Eight-Nation Coalition had already split, and it was basically impossible to form a new multinational coalition army, and for a considerable period of time, the traversers would not face a major war. This is naturally good news for the traverser, although the traverser is not afraid of war, but can not fight, it is better not to fight, after all, what the traverser needs most now is time for peaceful development, so as to transform the advanced technology mastered by the traverser into productivity.

Originally, after dealing with the appraisal of the drawings, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, and Wang Yunpeng should immediately return to Tianjin to negotiate the next plan of the traverser. But now that the war crisis is basically over, there is no need to be so urgent, and after some consultation between the two sides, the three of them simply stayed in Qingdao for a while, arranged and handled all the affairs in Qingdao, and then returned to Tianjin. It's December now, and the three of them will stay in Qingdao until the end of the year, and will directly participate in the year-end summary meeting after returning to Tianjin.

Therefore, the three of them and Qin Moman sent a telegram to the German government, saying that the Tianjin New Area Government welcomed the visit of the German envoy and hoped to carry out extensive cooperation with Germany on an equal footing.

Qin Moman then returned to Tianjin alone, and the identification team was immediately disbanded, and the team members returned to the temporary concentration camp and continued to be imprisoned. Of course, with the exception of a few general-level prisoners, such as Field Marshal Wadsey, Major General Falkenheith, Major General Gehr, and Major General Schwarzhofer, the rest of the German prisoners were the same as the prisoners of the Eight-Nation Coalition in Tianjin, and they had to participate in labor, and their main work was to continue digging the dock, after all, the traverser did not have enough materials to support the prisoners.

By this time the traversers had occupied Qingdao for five or six days, and the basic order of Qingdao had been restored, and in addition to the military figures, the German merchants, engineers, and technicians had been released, but they were forbidden to leave Qingdao, but continued to complete the various German engineering projects in Qingdao.

Now there are some projects such as the arsenal, the ship repair yard, the Sifang locomotive factory, have entered the middle and late stages, and the Jiaoji road is also being paved, and a batch of production machinery and equipment from Germany has been shipped, if the machinery and equipment are assembled, production can be started, at least partially, and there is no need for technical support from Germany.

In fact, in terms of technology, the traverser does not need much help, there are many engineering and mechanical technicians in the traverser, although the technology of this era and the technology mastered by the traverser are completely different, but the basic principles are still similar, even if you re-learn it will quickly get started. It is difficult to make machines out of thin air, but it is easy to use machinery and equipment to produce other machines.

But this does not mean that this group of German engineers and skilled workers is not important, after all, the number of traversers is limited, and the engineering and mechanical technicians are even more limited, and this group of German engineers and skilled workers can basically represent the best production technology in this era, so for the traversers who are currently in urgent need of skilled industrial workers, this group of German engineers and skilled workers still has a considerable role.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these German engineers and skilled workers, the traversers not only returned all their personal property, but also said that after the resumption of work, the wages and benefits would be increased by 10%. After the travelers have negotiated with the German government, they can be allowed to return to their home country freely.

First, it is man-made knife death, I am fish and meat, and my life is in the hands of the traverser, so I can not honestly obey orders; second, the conditions offered by the traverser are indeed very attractive, although the income of these workers in Germany can be regarded as white-collar class, but after all, who will not get along with the money, it is of course a good thing that the salary can be increased by one percent, although there are also doubts about whether the traverser really counts, but many engineering projects have started as scheduled.

In fact, the start of these engineering projects also has a significant role in stabilizing the situation in Qingdao, because there are a large number of locals working for the Germans to earn income to support their families, and after the crossers occupied Qingdao, these projects were suspended, and these locals also lost their sources of income, and in the long run, they will inevitably become the cause of unrest, and now the project is restarted, and at the same time the crossers also encourage the locals to work in these projects, not only to complete and put into operation as soon as possible, but also to take this opportunity to train a group of skilled industrial workers。

Of course, the restarted projects will be managed by the traversers, including the wages of local workers, and the Germans will only be responsible for the technology. The traversers were certainly not as harsh on the local workers as the Germans, not only because the wages were somewhat higher, but also because the quality of the meals provided for lunch was much better.

However, compared with the wages of German engineers and skilled workers, the wages of local workers are still pitiful, after all, the vast majority of people have no education and no skills, and they are purely manual labor, and the travelers are not running welfare institutions, so the wages of these local workers cannot be high there, and the most important thing in China is people.

However, in this regard, the travelers also plan to open night schools for workers to carry out literacy education for local workers, so that workers can master certain cultural knowledge, only in this way can they improve the professional skills of workers and reach the level of industrial workers required by the travelers, and at the same time, in order to encourage workers to participate in night school academics, the wages of workers are linked to the cultural knowledge they master.

In fact, the establishment of night schools for workers has been implemented in Tianjin, but there are not many factories controlled by the traverser in Tianjin, and the number of workers is only a few hundred, and most of them are light industry, and now there are more than 2,000 workers in Qingdao, most of them are heavy industry, so only in Qingdao can the traverser officially implement their own concept of industrial rejuvenation.